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it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1 came, sequestration came, people woke up the next day and said what's the big deal? well, we're finding out what the big deal is all about. we just heard from the budget of the f.a.a., the air traffic controllers, that because of sequestration they have little option, 85% of their proiption praitional budget is in personnel and air traffic controllers are most of the personnel. so therefore they've announced this have to furlough 11 days during the remainder of this fiscal year, and that comes out to about one furlough day over each work period. it's as much as a 10% reduc
it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1...
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you raise the age gradually 27862 thirds of the social security deficit. fix the remaining by testing the benefits. the president has occasionally sad he's for entitlement reform, but is not shown much leadership on this premise seems to benchmark per se, but any with him at least a 47 republican senators, we sat around a table that he and the vice president a year and half ago and i told them i think we should give people on both sides to essentially fix social security. .. into the federal employee benefits plan, federal health insurance plans so i said this is a democrat idea, this will be easy. i be easy. i will just go to john kerry and say let's use your idea and a friedel country but for senior citizens and let everybody of the federal employee health plan. i think the public would like it if they are still getting the same health plan is their congressman is and should be eminently sellable. similar to what paul ryan talks about give everybody the federal health employment plan. it saves 1 trillion over 10 years and actually according to our projec
you raise the age gradually 27862 thirds of the social security deficit. fix the remaining by testing the benefits. the president has occasionally sad he's for entitlement reform, but is not shown much leadership on this premise seems to benchmark per se, but any with him at least a 47 republican senators, we sat around a table that he and the vice president a year and half ago and i told them i think we should give people on both sides to essentially fix social security. .. into the federal...
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to make as to how we deal with the deficit. i think that when we lose $100 billion every single year because corporations stash their money in the cayman islands and in other tax havens, maybe we might want to ask them to start paying their fair share of taxes rather than cutting social security. but we have colleagues who are much more interested in the well-being and the profits of large corporations than they are in the needs of seniors. so those are some of my answers. mr. harkin: a couple of thoughts, i just say to my friend from vermont. those who say it is unconstitutional to do those things, i wonder if they ever read the preamble to the constitution, which is, by the way, a part of the constitution of the united states. we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare. that's part of the constitution of the united states. so how we do that obviously can vary from time to time, generation
to make as to how we deal with the deficit. i think that when we lose $100 billion every single year because corporations stash their money in the cayman islands and in other tax havens, maybe we might want to ask them to start paying their fair share of taxes rather than cutting social security. but we have colleagues who are much more interested in the well-being and the profits of large corporations than they are in the needs of seniors. so those are some of my answers. mr. harkin: a couple...
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weekend fix the budget that reduces the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years and that would take a grand bargain including spending cuts and additional revenues. would turn off the automatic spending cuts and sequestration for those 10 years. i remain hopeful we can develop such a bipartisan plan but absent a so-called grand bargain, surely we could devise a balanced deficit reduction package for one year that avoid sequestration in fy2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effects of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. the pay of military personnel has been exempt it will ask them -- for troops including schools, military children, family support programs and transition assistance programs and mental health and other counseling programs. the president's budget request continues the measure drawdown of active duty and present and strength. we have in recent years given the department numerous force shaping authorities to allow us to reduce the debt strength in a responsible way, ensuring that the service maintains the proper enforcemen
weekend fix the budget that reduces the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years and that would take a grand bargain including spending cuts and additional revenues. would turn off the automatic spending cuts and sequestration for those 10 years. i remain hopeful we can develop such a bipartisan plan but absent a so-called grand bargain, surely we could devise a balanced deficit reduction package for one year that avoid sequestration in fy2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effects of...
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we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the federal government in this administration -- we had it in the bush administration, the last bush administration as well -- something i call executive branch swiss cheese. we've too many positions, senior positions in this administration. we had a uminfor number of theme last position. in some cases the administration has not vetted, nominated, and submitted names us to. in some conveyings we're not moving them very quickly thuns they have. there is a shared responsibility here. the administration -- in this case we haven't had a confirmed directo
we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the...
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reducing our deficit and a balanced way and as before the plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequester in the process. when it comes to these delays, though, congress passed an act in order to avoid these delays. >> the fact you are not asking for the ability to prioritize spending under the faa suggests -- >> what i am saying -- >> you want to sequester to inflect -- >> since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and unfortunately republicans decided as a political matter that it was a home-run for them to end like this upon the american people, i think that suggestion just as not hold wrote to buy water. secondly, the faa did take all the action it could under lots of produce the savings and avoid furloughs up until this point where because of the nature of the budget and the personnel had the nature of their operations, furloughs are the only option available to the faa at this time. now, again, if congress wants to address this matter then they should act, but this is something that only by law congress can do. [inaudible question] cheeks. [inaudible quest
reducing our deficit and a balanced way and as before the plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequester in the process. when it comes to these delays, though, congress passed an act in order to avoid these delays. >> the fact you are not asking for the ability to prioritize spending under the faa suggests -- >> what i am saying -- >> you want to sequester to inflect -- >> since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and unfortunately republicans...
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doesn't have the effect of offsetting the deficit or making the deficit look smaller? >> i would have to go back and look at that. i am not sure of hand. the money segregated in a different account for the postal service but i have to check and give you a definitive answer. >> i believe it is interested and use that you would look at that because i think it is the disguise of the deficit, one of the reasons the postal service is seen as having to do, nobody else has to do and that is what i want to get to. is 75 years of refunding health care consider the best practice? >> the pre funding is considered a best practice. >> that was not my question. this is the only business and the only federal government that it -- >> actually the defense department is free funding. >> how much are they pre funding? >> they are pretending $150 billion. >> how much as the postal service refunded? >> i believe it is about 48 -- 43. >> would you recommend the federal government, why haven't you recommended to other federal agencies best practice, is this what we should be doing and if so
doesn't have the effect of offsetting the deficit or making the deficit look smaller? >> i would have to go back and look at that. i am not sure of hand. the money segregated in a different account for the postal service but i have to check and give you a definitive answer. >> i believe it is interested and use that you would look at that because i think it is the disguise of the deficit, one of the reasons the postal service is seen as having to do, nobody else has to do and that...
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he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this morning. c-span 1 will have that live. you'll also find that on our website. rebecca kaplan is a staff writer at in the national journal. it includes covering the campaign looking at the republican side of things. she worked on that and she also has covered the white house, as part of national journal's team and now she's looking at congress. one of the aspects of congress you're looking at is the house. here's a recent headline of her story. forget working groups, t house juciar is moving immigration ontswn what's happening in the house? >> the chairman is actua
he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this...
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this bill doesn't solve our debt or deficit problems. i'm the first to admit that, but what this family does, it eases some of the hardships on our moms and dads in the work force and i'm really thrilled to be the current author of this bill. it has a long history. i'm excited about taking it to the floor in two weeks. again, mr. speaker, for those who want to know more in night's discussion it is #makinglifework and want to hear from americans who are affected and look forward to addressing those throughout the hour this evening. joining me tonight, i have the ntlelady from washington and the gentleman from ohio. and i would like to open this open. you know currently serve on the energy and commerce committee and you have a couple of topics, but let's talk about making life work for american families when t comes to energy. >> i thank you for appealing to the american people so we can hear from them and have conversations with people who are struggling to make ends meet and make our economy work and define those things that are going to
this bill doesn't solve our debt or deficit problems. i'm the first to admit that, but what this family does, it eases some of the hardships on our moms and dads in the work force and i'm really thrilled to be the current author of this bill. it has a long history. i'm excited about taking it to the floor in two weeks. again, mr. speaker, for those who want to know more in night's discussion it is #makinglifework and want to hear from americans who are affected and look forward to addressing...
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>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. rancisco. google's backyard for the bing it on challenge. [fight bell: ding, ding] what's your preferred search engine? search engine, uhh, probably google. if we do a side by side blind test comparison, and you end up choosing google, you get an xbox. i'll bet you the xbox, you bet me your son. well let's look up what you need. okay, i would do the left. yeah? what?! i am a daddy! bing wins it! bing won. bing did win. people prefer bing over google for the web's top searches. don't believe it? go to bingiton.com and see what you're missing. @ (announcer) at scottrade, our cexactly how they want.t with scottrade's online banking
>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. rancisco. google's...
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>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. both maxwell and ted have hail damage to their cars. ted is trying to get a hold of his insurance agent. maxwell is not. he's on geico.com setting up an appointment with an adjuster. ted is now on hold with his insurance company. maxwell is not and just confirmed a 5:30 time for tuesday. ted, is still waiting. yes! maxwell is out and about... with ted's now ex-girlfriend. wheeeee! whoo! later ted! online claims appointments. just a click away on geico.com. [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ge has wired their medical hardware with innovative software to be in many places at the sa
>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. both maxwell and ted...
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the federal deficit is at more than $1 trillion. a senior director of the bipartisan policy center said the debt has been accumulating so much the economy is at high risk. >> our debt is a percentage of g.d.p. in the last 30 or 40 years it's been less than 40%. it's only in recent years we've seen a decline. we are in dangerous territory. >> debra sullivan of the bloomberg view blames the shell-shocked u.s. economy. >> they say it's continuing to expand because of job loss, causing more spending on aid programs. >> we had large deficits for four years because we have low revenues as people don't have jobs, or they're getting paid less. but also we have these mandatory spending programs which go on auto pilot. unemployment, food stamps, medicaid, they spend more when he economy is bad. >> i think that the underlying issue of the financial crisis have not been fixed at all. indeed there's no easy fix. >> there are fix to consider. >> if we want to lift the cloud of deficits hanging over our country, we won't solve the problem of fisca
the federal deficit is at more than $1 trillion. a senior director of the bipartisan policy center said the debt has been accumulating so much the economy is at high risk. >> our debt is a percentage of g.d.p. in the last 30 or 40 years it's been less than 40%. it's only in recent years we've seen a decline. we are in dangerous territory. >> debra sullivan of the bloomberg view blames the shell-shocked u.s. economy. >> they say it's continuing to expand because of job loss,...
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number one, the economic deficit of less skilled immigration. the u.s. work force is changing american family is having fewer children and birthrates are now well below levels. 10,000 baby boomers are retiring every day. and the lush and her workers coming behind them are much more educated than their parents. in 196064% of american workers were high-school dropouts. today the number is less than 10%. together these three factors have had a dramatic effect on the pool of americans available to fill low-skill jobs. it is no accident that my members are constantly complaining about the difficulty finding workers. the pool have to draw on a shrinking. for those seeking higher, unskilled man of prime working age the supply of u.s. workers is literally half the size it was in 1970. if a thing, demand is growing. in $0.195,525 of every dollar spent on food was spent in a restaurant. today it is $0.50. one of the fastest growing occupations in america is some help aid. many less skilled immigrant workers and only then increasingly in years ahead. aside from tak
number one, the economic deficit of less skilled immigration. the u.s. work force is changing american family is having fewer children and birthrates are now well below levels. 10,000 baby boomers are retiring every day. and the lush and her workers coming behind them are much more educated than their parents. in 196064% of american workers were high-school dropouts. today the number is less than 10%. together these three factors have had a dramatic effect on the pool of americans available to...
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but congress has the power to rreverse these self-inflicted wounds without adding one penny to the deficit. we've provided money, the money is there, we haven't spent it, we don't need to. we can use the savings from wrapping up two wars to avoid the full brunt of the sequester's arbitrary cuts. the congressional budget office said that would score; that money is available, it is money we could use. funding for the operation in ir a afgan has in alled overseas contin yeype account. since the worst of the seq cuts are creating an emergency situation, we should consider using thighs funds to offset their impact. these really are emergencies and we should do it. i am not proposing we use them to offset the entire sequester but congress has the power to avert the most painful sequester cuts using these mexico. 28 republicans in the senate and 174 republicans in the house would impose these sequester haphazard cuts. if those same republicans work with democrats, we could act to protect families and businesses and ensure our national defense and save millions of americans hours waiting at the ai
but congress has the power to rreverse these self-inflicted wounds without adding one penny to the deficit. we've provided money, the money is there, we haven't spent it, we don't need to. we can use the savings from wrapping up two wars to avoid the full brunt of the sequester's arbitrary cuts. the congressional budget office said that would score; that money is available, it is money we could use. funding for the operation in ir a afgan has in alled overseas contin yeype account. since the...
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as we tackle that deficit and . at said, when we hadpayroll tada deepesys of our rece the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax revenues. and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. >> when the war began, congress came into session and july. it issued a statement that articulated the consensus war goals of the united states. it was very simple. very clear. the purpose of this war is to restore the union. to disrupt the social institutions of the south. and everybody knew what that meant. it meant not to disrupt slavery. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> saturday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span three. at the capitol today, cabinet secretaries and othersteng b qu, janet napolitano testified for a second
as we tackle that deficit and . at said, when we hadpayroll tada deepesys of our rece the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax revenues. and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. >> when the war began, congress came into session and july. it...
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because you know for two years now you've been talking about debt and deficit spending. and in this sense it all ties back together. >> well, what's driving our spending and driving our debt is the fact that there are 10,000 baby boomers like me retiring every day. 70,000 this week. 3.5 million this year. social security, medicare, there is no money there in those fund. it has all been spent. people are living longer, accessing medicaid. so the real drivers of the debt primarily are our big entitlement programs that won't survive in their current form unless we make some changes. so it has got, it really has nothing to do with what we call the discretionary spending pot. bill: understood. homeland security spending is not touched? >> we have the sequester because the president won't get serious about solving our big spending problem. he insisted on the sequester. they may have an impact but i don't believe that it's going to affect our counter terrorism activities or affect the ability to protect the american people. bill: what about the immigration debate? there's a lot
because you know for two years now you've been talking about debt and deficit spending. and in this sense it all ties back together. >> well, what's driving our spending and driving our debt is the fact that there are 10,000 baby boomers like me retiring every day. 70,000 this week. 3.5 million this year. social security, medicare, there is no money there in those fund. it has all been spent. people are living longer, accessing medicaid. so the real drivers of the debt primarily are our...
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but with regards to deficits, adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president 40 ually -- deficit of $7 billion and still a big number about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. it gives us an opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that showed 3% g.d.p. that is good news. but the economy is in recovery and still have a ways to go and never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: thank you for talking to our viewers this morning. appreciate it. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the f.b.i. briefed the house intelligence committee about the boston marathon bombings. intelligence committee member adam schiff joins us to discuss the terror attack in boston. congressman steve king on the boston bombing and efforts to change the nation's immigration laws and more about immigration and how refugees can gain asylum in the u.s. "w
but with regards to deficits, adding to the deficit and the debt, this current budget being proposed by the president 40 ually -- deficit of $7 billion and still a big number about half of what it was in the depths of the great recession. it gives us an opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that showed 3% g.d.p. that is good news. but the economy is in recovery and still have a ways to go and never...
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year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that show about a 3% gdp. that is good news. the economy is in recovery. we so have a ways to go and we should never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: rick larsen, democrat from washington, thank you, sir. guest: you're welcome. the: coming up next, headline is "big money, big money, talking about the economics of the mississippi river." [no audio] is that the public defenders job is that it is dependent on their approval. how faster the process cases? how quickly do they get to the docket gecko -- docket gecko -- docket? so they will want a public defender that does their bidding. in new orleans, for a long time, the system was at one public defender was assigned to one courtroom and the same judge. so they were always arguing before the same judge. the problem with that is that they were then kind of tradin
year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that show about a 3% gdp. that is good news. the economy is in recovery. we so have a ways to go and we should never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: rick larsen, democrat from washington, thank you, sir. guest: you're welcome. the: coming up next, headline is "big money, big...
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they have a $1 trillion infrastructure deficit other the next five years so there's no way that olffia developmen systs is going to be enough to tack t will problem. this is one of the great strengths of the world bank group. we not only work in the public sector with development assistance but we make direct investments, we make loans. going to ta major effort at bringing public and private together if we're to have any chance of meeting these targets. >> brown: are you afraid that the world might fall backwards? there's been strides in the last couple of decades with china and other countries with poverty. wee had a number of years of slow growth. are you afraid we might be moving backwards? >> we remain cautiously optimistic about what could happen in the future. we know developed economies have to grow in order for us to meet our targets in the developing economies but the growth in the developing economies has been one of the good news stories over the last five years. more than 50% of the growth globally has come from the developing economies and this year they'll grow at 5.5%. m
they have a $1 trillion infrastructure deficit other the next five years so there's no way that olffia developmen systs is going to be enough to tack t will problem. this is one of the great strengths of the world bank group. we not only work in the public sector with development assistance but we make direct investments, we make loans. going to ta major effort at bringing public and private together if we're to have any chance of meeting these targets. >> brown: are you afraid that the...
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sorry, deficit-neutral. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> and it update on the manhunt for the suspect in the boston marathon bombings, overnight his brother was killed, also in mit officer was killed in a shootout. the younger brother is on the loose. and lockdown in the boston area. they were last seen in the water to an area just outside boston. and in his cover the short while ago, the police said the boston area continues on lockdown as they go house to house. they also plan -- a controlled explosion at a house in cambridge, massachusetts, some timeay. amtrak is suspending service between new york and boston. senior democrat associated press as on the house intelligence committeeay the to the st ng suspects had before they confronted police., there was a briefing earlier today. across our networks, we will keep you posted with the latest news and updates. we continue in about an hour in 10 minutes we will take you live to the state department. john kerry, whose brief this morning at the white house on the boston investigat
sorry, deficit-neutral. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> and it update on the manhunt for the suspect in the boston marathon bombings, overnight his brother was killed, also in mit officer was killed in a shootout. the younger brother is on the loose. and lockdown in the boston area. they were last seen in the water to an area just outside boston. and in his cover the short while ago, the police said the boston area continues on lockdown as they go house to house. they also plan -- a...
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he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this morning. c-span 1 will have that live. you'll also find that on our website. rebecca kaplan is a staff writer at in the national journal. it includes covering the campaign looking at the republican side of things. she worked on that and she also has covered the white house, as part of national journal's team and now she's looking at congress. one of the aspects of congress you're looking at is the house. here's a recent headline of her story. forget working groups, the house judiciary is moving immigration on its own. what's happening in the house? >> the chairma
he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this...
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immigration and more immigration makes us a richer country not a poor country and ofps out on questions deficits and economic growth. from a center-right perspective and one of the groups with talk to in law enforcement as you go state to state, the austin chief of police is a big advocate of comprehensive -- when we were in indianapolis, same thing. we always talk to our police officers and to the guys with badges as well as the business community and religious community. thank you and thank you mr. chairman. around.l do the last i know it has been a long day for the witnesses. when the fbi was investigating travel, he did not find his trip to russia. they typed in his name incorrectly. our bill requires that travel exit data be base by swiping the passport. we are making sure it is machine-readable on exit. dhs says this would have helped the fbi in this case. do you agree? >> yes. absolutely. >> good. one example of many where we are tightening things up. that would have been relevant. now, i mentioned this to your previous witness from your group. i guess you are the second witness. you folk
immigration and more immigration makes us a richer country not a poor country and ofps out on questions deficits and economic growth. from a center-right perspective and one of the groups with talk to in law enforcement as you go state to state, the austin chief of police is a big advocate of comprehensive -- when we were in indianapolis, same thing. we always talk to our police officers and to the guys with badges as well as the business community and religious community. thank you and thank...
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commands is the prerogative to -- it is the commander deficits sitting in judgment of that person. commanders do have a law enforcement function. on punishment. you cannot receive confinement time. you could have to forfeit some money or be reduced in rank. because ofat, -- ont, there is a cap punishment. you are facing more punishment. tends tole 15 system work fairly well in the military. it hinges on the commander understanding the rules of evidence -- the elements of the offense and being able to apply the facts and to have that article 15 hearing in a way that enables the individual to get their story out and hopefully justice is served. think nowadays article 15 are enders andrews -- career in many cases. we want them to learn their lesson. i do not see that happening a lot. host: retired colonel lisa windsor was an army judge advocate general and now serves as a practicing attorney. gloria from north carolina. caller: good morning. why hasn't the perpetrator of the massacre at fort hood, why hasn't he been tried? years.been several it is so obvious. witnesses. many what is h
commands is the prerogative to -- it is the commander deficits sitting in judgment of that person. commanders do have a law enforcement function. on punishment. you cannot receive confinement time. you could have to forfeit some money or be reduced in rank. because ofat, -- ont, there is a cap punishment. you are facing more punishment. tends tole 15 system work fairly well in the military. it hinges on the commander understanding the rules of evidence -- the elements of the offense and being...
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with the president about the economic crisis, he was quick to compare mathematically the size of the deficit to the point in which -- a way in which he said it wasn't that much worse than during ronald reagan's period. so he's sensitive. >> david, let me ask you this. i noticed that former president bush is going up in popularity. it was -- he was at in a poll 23% in october 2008. now he's up to 47%. now, is that because people haven't seen him a lot? >> yeah. >> does absence make the heart grow fonder here? >> yeah. his popularity went up when he disappeared and started doing pictures and portraits of dogs and himself taking a shower. >> you wrote the book reminding everyone of president bush as he provided over the country. >> you know, you know this, reverend al. history is always a fight. it's always a struggle. we go back and forth. and, you know, bush was probably good pr advice. pretty despised when you left the presidential office. a majority of americans actually believed he had lied the country into the war in iraq. not just that it was a mistake, but he purposely said things that
with the president about the economic crisis, he was quick to compare mathematically the size of the deficit to the point in which -- a way in which he said it wasn't that much worse than during ronald reagan's period. so he's sensitive. >> david, let me ask you this. i noticed that former president bush is going up in popularity. it was -- he was at in a poll 23% in october 2008. now he's up to 47%. now, is that because people haven't seen him a lot? >> yeah. >> does absence...
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-- rein in our deficit. our secretary seems to have taken this message to heart. identifying some $1.3 billion in cost savings this year and more than $4 billion since 2009 and continues to move to a risk-based approach, an effort to save more money. but to do so in a smart way. i'm happy to see in this budget proposes a much-needed increase for cybersecurity which will help the department fulfill its significant cyberresponsibilities. passing legislation to compliment the president's executive order and address the cyberthreat is one of our highest priorities. i also welcome the administration's continued commitment to securing our nation's borders by maintaining staffing for the border patrol its ath its current historic levels and adding more than 3,400 protection officers to staff our ports of entry. these critical resources are paid for in part with modest fee increases. during my recent trips to our borders in arizona, where secretary napolitano, senator mccaul nd congresswoman joined me, i've been and
-- rein in our deficit. our secretary seems to have taken this message to heart. identifying some $1.3 billion in cost savings this year and more than $4 billion since 2009 and continues to move to a risk-based approach, an effort to save more money. but to do so in a smart way. i'm happy to see in this budget proposes a much-needed increase for cybersecurity which will help the department fulfill its significant cyberresponsibilities. passing legislation to compliment the president's executive...
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gets away from that, we will work before the introduction to make sure it is deficit neutral. that is one of our bottom lines. thank you, everybody. >> senator chuck grassley is the ranking member. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> the committee can come to order. for the delay. is a deal going on in massachusetts. i hope everybody can understand why the secretary of wonton amo will not be here. -- secretary will not be here. we will reschedule her testimony. she was saying how proud we are of the way that law enforcement .as responded i am distressed to hear an officer being killed. i see at least one person who runs marathons in the audience. my daughter and youngest son do. most marathons are a joyous occasion. the bipartisan proposal, we have established a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country. it addresses the lengthy backlog in our immigration system. agricultural workers are in essential part of our communities and work so hard to provide our nations food supplies. it addresses the needs of our .aw enforcement community it impro
gets away from that, we will work before the introduction to make sure it is deficit neutral. that is one of our bottom lines. thank you, everybody. >> senator chuck grassley is the ranking member. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> the committee can come to order. for the delay. is a deal going on in massachusetts. i hope everybody can understand why the secretary of wonton amo will not be here. -- secretary will not be here. we will reschedule her testimony. she was saying how...
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for the purpose of deficit reduction. they acknowledge that there are all sorts of tax breaks out there in the tax code. they just don't want to close a single one of them in order to reduce the deficit. they will only close those loopholes if it means reducing the tax rate on high income individuals. >> bill: so peter let's post on our web site a link, maybe the phone number for the speaker's office so people can get in and suggest do the right thing. we're not calling for anything special. just regular order. >> regular order on the budget. >> bill: conference, members of the conference committee the senate and house can get together and maybe we can resolve this budget issue. congressman, with that, we'll let you get back to work. >> good to be with you. >> bill: thank you so much for coming in. i appreciate your time very much leadership on so many issues. congressman chris van hollen. i'll be back with a quick parting shot for today. >> announcer: this is the bill press show. i think the number one thing that viewers
for the purpose of deficit reduction. they acknowledge that there are all sorts of tax breaks out there in the tax code. they just don't want to close a single one of them in order to reduce the deficit. they will only close those loopholes if it means reducing the tax rate on high income individuals. >> bill: so peter let's post on our web site a link, maybe the phone number for the speaker's office so people can get in and suggest do the right thing. we're not calling for anything...
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there is a deficit of trust with this president, his administration in light of benghazi. american people are very suspect what we're told, especially now when there is a contradiction. if the justice department is wrong or right, that has to be determined by the administration immediately because either he was or he wasn't or yet to be determined. one thing is for sure -- now there is a contradiction between the executive branch that must be dealt with. >> megyn: you know, simon, it's newsweek, daily beast citing one intel official. steve hayes goes on to say, according to officials that spoke to weekly standard, both comments reflect the obama officials who were involved with the investigation. this is not an al-qaeda central inspired or instructed attack. you know why people are going to look into this. the president's critics feel he is too quick to dismiss terrorist inspiration from outside the country in attacks we've seen attempted here. >>> well, think what the administration has said as opposed to scary with us yus people that work in the administration, white hou
there is a deficit of trust with this president, his administration in light of benghazi. american people are very suspect what we're told, especially now when there is a contradiction. if the justice department is wrong or right, that has to be determined by the administration immediately because either he was or he wasn't or yet to be determined. one thing is for sure -- now there is a contradiction between the executive branch that must be dealt with. >> megyn: you know, simon, it's...
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. >> reporter: he says that is bigger issue, solving the deficit. >> gregg: there are support others both sides of the aisle on this. how are they responding? >> a lot of bipartisan support. coats and grassley are outnumbered. they say this reform bill is a national security bill that will make america safer. it will have multiple background checks and for the first time to prevent people from overstaying their visas by checking airport departures. >> there are some, some on the hard right and otherwise that oppose our immigration bill from the get-go. they are using this as an excuse. we are not going to let them do that. if they have a reason or suggestion how to change it based on what happened in boston we'll certainly be open to it. we're not going to let them use what happened in boston as an excuse because our law toughens things up. >> reporter: the senate holds second hearing tomorrow. >> gregg: coming up, 6:00 on fox news sunday, boston police commissioner ed davis recounts in his own words the massive manhunt for the boston bombing suspects. >> heather: the only living sus
. >> reporter: he says that is bigger issue, solving the deficit. >> gregg: there are support others both sides of the aisle on this. how are they responding? >> a lot of bipartisan support. coats and grassley are outnumbered. they say this reform bill is a national security bill that will make america safer. it will have multiple background checks and for the first time to prevent people from overstaying their visas by checking airport departures. >> there are some,...
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guest: number one is we are racking up near a trillion- dollar deficit every year. the company's debt to gdp ratio is a 73% and expected to get worse. one thing is to use this money to improve the country's financial position. interestingly, in his budget, and in discussions and rhetoric, there are also tax breaks for multiple other industries include the alternative energy industry which he included in his 2013 budget to continue to provide support for that industry. a portion could be used to subsidize or provide tax expenditures for that. host: are taking your calls as we discussed oil and tax breaks. the fault numbers are on your screen -- -- the phone numbers are on your screen -- we will go to st. louis, missouri. caller: hello? we have seen time and time again that when we raise taxes on corporations, it is not just raising taxes on the corporations because it is often passed on to the american people with an increase of the price of the commodity. what are your thoughts that if we go aohis, we see the price of gasoline go even higher? guest: i have done some
guest: number one is we are racking up near a trillion- dollar deficit every year. the company's debt to gdp ratio is a 73% and expected to get worse. one thing is to use this money to improve the country's financial position. interestingly, in his budget, and in discussions and rhetoric, there are also tax breaks for multiple other industries include the alternative energy industry which he included in his 2013 budget to continue to provide support for that industry. a portion could be used to...
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it would over 10 years increased deficit by about $18 billion. it doesn't tell like a lot now but there are things to remember about the $18 billion. since that time, many of the things that were policy , there has been spending on that about half of what the cbo expected would be needed during those comparable policy objectives now maybe cheaper and generate less and the way of spending. is that thehing cbo did not use a dynamic scoring. you did not take into account the potential economic growth affects. the last piece of what is ,appened is since that score congress has passed and the president has assign the affordable care act. my reading of this legislation is is a bipartisan commitment that those who would become registered provisional immigrants who are here illegally, would not be eligible 10,benefits not for probably not for 15. so there will not be a budgetary impact. over the longer term, there is something congress should keep on and terms of the budgetary outlook. i would be happy to discuss with you the impact of the bill in that r
it would over 10 years increased deficit by about $18 billion. it doesn't tell like a lot now but there are things to remember about the $18 billion. since that time, many of the things that were policy , there has been spending on that about half of what the cbo expected would be needed during those comparable policy objectives now maybe cheaper and generate less and the way of spending. is that thehing cbo did not use a dynamic scoring. you did not take into account the potential economic...
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our deficit is going down. we need to determine what revenue that we can increase in order to pay our bills, provide for the basic necessities of this nation. not only is the tragedy in boston one of human life, but it is a disaster that will require federal emergency management aid just as our continued friends in the southeast and northeast are still suffering from hurricane sandy and the atrocity of this house cannot provide them with resources for 65 days. i believe that it is time for the american people to know that we do care. in order to care you need to have. budget conferees to go through the budget process and begin to pass elements of the president's budget that speaks to the heart and mind, mr. speaker, of the needs of the american people. i conclude by offering, again, my deepest sympathy and promise to those who suffer that america and its congress must stand up and respond to your needs. i am ready to do so as my colleagues are. we should do it now. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the cha
our deficit is going down. we need to determine what revenue that we can increase in order to pay our bills, provide for the basic necessities of this nation. not only is the tragedy in boston one of human life, but it is a disaster that will require federal emergency management aid just as our continued friends in the southeast and northeast are still suffering from hurricane sandy and the atrocity of this house cannot provide them with resources for 65 days. i believe that it is time for the...
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you can't tell me you care about deficit reduction when they won't do anything to bring new revenue into the government. >> we had tax increases january 1st. bill: back to the point about money, jerry moran, republican from kansas, richard blumenthal, democrat out of connecticut, they argue you could take $50 million immediately in unused faa research and capital fund and prevent the air traffic controllers from closing. that is how you avert the thing immediately. >> easy to say that. i'm not counting the beans. i'm sure the faa is not making a gratuitous decision to hurt people sitting on tarmac. i assume they know what they're doing and not doing it with some kind of conspiracy with the white house to hurt travelers. >> part of the executive branch of government. the president, president obama runs the executive branch. >> he doesn't run the faa or every part of the government. >> they could do this in an afternoon, alan. >> go fix it. you know where the beans are being counted. ridiculous. bill: we'll see who cries uncle first in this. thank you, alan. thank you, tucker. see you both
you can't tell me you care about deficit reduction when they won't do anything to bring new revenue into the government. >> we had tax increases january 1st. bill: back to the point about money, jerry moran, republican from kansas, richard blumenthal, democrat out of connecticut, they argue you could take $50 million immediately in unused faa research and capital fund and prevent the air traffic controllers from closing. that is how you avert the thing immediately. >> easy to say...